Saudi Arabia: Palestinian poet to die for apostacy
Issue 1006
- 10 Dec 2015
| 1 minute read
In another case likely to complicate Saudi Arabia’s relations with western partners, prominent Palestinian-born poet and art curator Ashraf Fayadh has been sentenced to death in Abha on a charge of renouncing Islam. Fayadh was originally sentenced in May 2014 to four years in prison and 800 lashes; after an appeal was dismissed he was retried in November when new judges said his repentance could not prevent his execution.
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